Woman's body recovered from Grand Canyon for third death at national park in a week

The body of a 20-year-old woman was recovered in Grand Canyon National Park, marking the third death in one week, the National Park Services (NPS) announced.

According to a press release from the NPS, Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, first went missing Aug. 3, after entering the national park.

Authorities discovered her body Tuesday, 150 feet below the Canyon’s Twin Overlooks after a multiple-day search.

A photo from the scene showed Castillo's body being airlifted by a helicopter. Her body was transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office, the agency said.

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A cousin of Castillo’s posted on Facebook remembering the 20-year-old for "lighting up any room."

"Leti, words can not express how much you're going to be missed," Alexis Hernandez wrote on Facebook. "I love you so much Prima, and I will always cherish all the times I got to spend with you. You would light up any room you walked in."

Castillo's death marks the third one at the popular tourist destination spot this week and the eleventh death this year.

On July 31, Abel Joseph Mejia, a 20-year-old from North Carolina who was visiting on a mission trip with his church, when he stumbled over the edge of the South Rim. He fell 400 feet to his death. 

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On Aug. 1, a man died when he fell 500 feet during a BASE jump at the Grand Canyon.

An NPS review of deaths in national parks between 2014 and 2019 found that hiking was the second-deadliest recreational activity behind driving, while drowning caused the second-highest number of unintentional deaths after motor vehicle crashes.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the NPS for comment.

Tim Walz 'misspoke' about using weapons ‘in war,' Harris campaign says: report

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, whose military service has come under heavy scrutiny, "misspoke" in a 2018 video where he is heard talking about his handling of weapons "in war," a Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson said Friday.

"Governor Walz would never insult or undermine any American’s service to this country — in fact, he thanks Senator Vance for putting his life on the line for our country. It’s the American way," the Harris campaign spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News. 

"In making the case for why weapons of war should never be on our streets or in our classrooms, the Governor misspoke. He did handle weapons of war and believes strongly that only military members trained to carry those deadly weapons should have access to them, unlike Donald Trump and JD Vance who prioritize the gun lobby over our children," the spokesperson added.

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The 2018 video clip shows Walz discussing gun control and referring to his own military background. 

"We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at," Walz said in the clip, which was posted by Harris’ campaign on Tuesday.

Republicans, led by vice presidential candidate JD Vance, have criticized Walz's military service. Walz served 24 years in the National Guard but never deployed to a war zone. In 2003, he deployed with his unit to Vicenza, Italy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the name for the war in Afghanistan. 

He retired in 2005, several months before the unit deployed to Iraq. 

Vance, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, has accused Walz of "stolen valor."

"I wonder Tim Walz, when were you ever in war?" Vance said at an event in Michigan. "What was this weapon you carried into war? What bothers me about Tim Walz is this stolen valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something that you’re not."

"I’d be ashamed if I was him and I lied about my military service like he did," he added. 

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